After an intensive test session in Le Castellet last week, from May 25 to 27 the aabar Abu Dhabi Villorba racing with Ferrari Team is ready for the next race for the 2012 International GT Open. For the Italian squad led by Raimondo Amadio the Nurburgring is an all new track in the series organized [...]

Chevrolet comfortably claimed a 1-2-3 win in Race 1 of the WTCC Round 6 but a tire nightmare in the last corners in Race 2 put paid to any hopes of a double. The three Chevrolet drivers started Race 2 from 8th, 9th and 10th in the reversed grid, but were able to climb to [...]

BMW Motorsport continues to enjoy success in the DTM: following his victory at the Lausitzring (DE) a fortnight ago, Bruno Spengler (CA) of BMW Team Schnitzer was once again celebrating on the podium at the end of the race in Brands Hatch (GB). After 97 laps, the 28-year-old crossed the finish line in second place [...]

Pirelli brings around 1800 tyres to each grand prix, but the destiny of these tyres is mapped out long before they arrive at the circuit. The tyres for each race are made in a specific production run before the grand prix. They are manufactured at Pirelli’s state of the art motorsport facility in Izmit, just [...]

Andy Priaulx (GB) has only competed in two DTM races to date – but yet the three-time touring car world champion feels completely at home in this series. At the season opener in Hockenheim (DE) he notched up his first points, finishing sixth at the wheel of his Crowne Plaza Hotels BMW M3 DTM. Now [...]

The season highlight of the Porsche Carrera Cup Deutschland began with a surprise. On a damp track with dry patches, a complete Nordschleife rookie positioned himself at the front of the 24-strong field. Austria’s Philipp Eng, driving for the MRS GT-Racing squad, snatched pole position at just his fourth qualifying session with the 450 hp [...]

Heikki Kovalainen: “Monaco’s the race everyone in F1 wants to win, and it’s not just a famous F1 race, it’s one of the biggest annual events in the world. For drivers it’s a pretty hardcore race, in and out of the cars, but it’s a challenge I really enjoy and racing around the streets is [...]

A kart driver at international level since 2011, 13 year-old Max Defourny has made a stunning progression over the last few months. This driver from Luxemburg is 100% focussed and committed to his goal: to get back on the podium as soon as possible. In the last few races, he has shown his competitiveness at [...]

Isaac Tutumlu could not race todayВґs race at Circuit de Catalunya, where was scheduled his comeback to the Porsche Supercup series in the 2012 season. The organization resolved to cancel the race after an inspection in the pre-start, when a deformation on the rims of some cars was noticed. Due to safety reasons, Porsche decided [...]

Caterham F1 Team was involved in a fire that started in the Williams F1 Team’s garage after the end of the Spanish Grand Prix. All the team’s employees have been accounted for and four people have been taken to the circuit medical centre for examination; one with a minor hand injury and three with respiratory [...]

This weekend has confirmed that the performance is in the package, but the package did not quite perform for the Marussia F1 Team in today’s Spanish Grand Prix at the Circuit de Catalunya. Timo Glock finished in 18th place after a long battle of a race, in which he struggled to get the most from [...]

Paul: “It has been quite a difficult weekend so far trying to get the car dialled into the circuit. In fact, it was only during the my final qualifying run that we made a change to the aero balance and I felt that the car was really hooked up. It’s close throughout the field once [...]

Red Bull Racing Sebastian Vettel “It wasn’t too bad today – there’s a lot of stuff for us to go through. We had a few new parts to try, which is not that unusual for Barcelona. I’m pretty happy; we did a lot of laps and got through the programme well. The wind played a [...]

Josef Kral’s GP2 return got off to the best start in this morning’s free practice session in Barcelona, with the Czech setting the best laptime of the session ahead of James Calado and Felipe Nasr. Kral’s best lap stopped the clock at 1:31.109, just a tenth of a second ahead of his closest rivals in [...]

Pirelli’s latest test driver, Jaime Alguersuari, tried his hand at tyre fitting for the first time at his home circuit of Barcelona this afternoon, when he discovered for himself how Pirelli’s 2012-specification rubber is mounted onto the wheel rim. Alguersuari has driven countless racing laps throughout his career, but he had never before attempted to [...]